Word List : A abacus: frame with balls for calculating abate: to lessen, to subside abdication: giving up control, authority

abdomen: stomach and bowels aberration: straying away from what is normal abeyance; suspended action abhor: to hate, to detest abide: be faithful to; endure abjure: promise or swear to give up abraded: rubbed off, worn away by friction abrasion: rubbing, scraping, wearing off abrogate: repeal or annul by authority abscond: to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest) abstruse: difficult to comprehend; obscure abundant: plentiful abut: border on abysmal: bottomless, extreme acarpous: effete, no longer fertile, worn out accentuate: give more force or attention to acclaimed: welcomed with shouts and approval accolade: praise, approval accretion: the growing of separate things into one acquiesce: in agree (without protest) acquisition: smth acquired, acquiring adamant: kind of stone; inflexible adhere: remain faithful, stick fast to adhesion: adhering, support adjacent: lying near, next admonitory: containing warning adorn: add beauty; decorate adulteration: making unpure, poorer in quality affinity: close connection, relationship aggravate: make worse; irritate agile: active, quick-moving ail: trouble; be ill alacrity: eager and cheerful readiness alienate: estrange allegiance: duty, support, loyalty alleviate: make (pain) easier to bear alloy: to debase by mixing with something inferior aloof: reserved, indifferent amalgamate: mix, combine, unite societies ambidextrous: able to use the left hand or the right equally well ambiguous: doubtful, uncertain

ambivalent: having both of two contrary meanings ameliorate: improve, make better amendment: improving amicable: friendly amortize: end (a debt) by setting aside money amplify: make large or fuller, increase the strength animosity: strong dislike annul: put an end to anticlimax: sudden fall antidote: medicine used against a poison or a disease antithetical: direct opposing apartheid: brutal racial discrimination apathetic: indifference aplomb: self-confidence apostate: one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions apotheosis: deification, glorification to godliness appease: make quiet or calm apprehensive: grasping, understanding; fear, unhappy feeling about future apprise: give notice to, inform approbation: approval appropriate: take for one's own use, acquire, set aside apropos: appropriate to the situation; apt apt: well-suited, quick-witted arabesque: a complex, ornate design arabesque: whimsical arbitrate: decide by arbitration arboreal: of connected with trees ardently: with full of ardor ardor: enthusiasm arduous: steep, difficult ascent; laborious argot: jargon, slang arrant: in the highest degree arrogance: proud, superior manner of behaviour articulate: speak distinctly, connect by joints ascend: go or come up ascent: the act of ascending ascertain: get to know ascetic: practicing self-denial, austere, stark ascribe: consider to be the origin of or belonging to asperity: roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability aspersion: slander assail: with attack violently asset: valuable quality, smth that has money value assiduous: diligent, hard-working, sedulous assuage: make smth (pain, desire) less assumption: smth supposed but not proved

asterisk: the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters) astringent: substance that shrinks astute: clever; quick at seeing to get an advantage atonement: repayment; death of Jesus attenuate: make thin. weaken, enervate audacious: daring, foolishly bold, impudent augury: omen, sign august: majestic, venerable auspice: protection or support, patronage auspicious: favorable, successful, prosperous austere: severely moral and strict; simple and plain auxiliary: helping, supporting aver: affirm, assert, prove, justify aversion: strong dislike avid: eager, greedy avow: admit. Declare openly

Word List: B Baleful- harmful, ominous, causing evil Balk- obstacle; purposely to get on the way of Balloon- swell out like balloon Balm- sweet-smelling oil; consolation Banal- uninteresting Band- flat, thin strip of material; range of frequencies Bane- cause of injury, poison, source of harm Baneful- causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructive Barrage- artificial obstacle built across a river Barren- not good enough, unable to have young ones, without value bask in- enjoy warmth and light bazaar- market be irreconcilable- cannot be brought into harmony beatify- to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to bedizen- to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner belie- contradict, give a false impression belittle- cause to seem unimportant bellicose- belligerent, pugnacious, warlike belligerent- (person, nation) waging war belligerently- waging war bend- cause smth to be out of a straight line benefactor- person who has given help benevolence- wish or activity in doing good benign- kind and gentle; mild (climate) bequest- arrangement to give smth at death berate - scold sharply

bereft- rob or dispossess of smth (material) bewilder- puzzle, confuse biased- prejudice bigot - stubborn, narrow-minded person bilge - bulge, the protuberance of a cask blandishment- flattery, coaxing blandness- polite manner, comforting, uninteresting blatant - noisy and rough blithe - cheerful, casual, carefree blithe - gay and joyous blueprint- plan, scheme, photographic print blunt- plain, not troubling to be polite boggle- be alarmed, hesitate, amazed bogus - sham, counterfeit, not genuine boisterous - loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint bolster- give greatly needed support boorish - crude, offensive, rude braid - strands of hair woven together, smth edging sloth brash - hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy brass - yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc) brazen- made of brass breach- opening, broken place, breaking brisk - active, lively brisket - breast of an animal brittle - easily broken broach - bring up, announce, begin to talk about brook - to tolerate, endure buoyant- able to float; light-hearted burgeon - grow forth, send out buds burnish- to polish, rub to a shine bust - run out of money

Word List: C cabal - a scheme or plot, a group of plotters cadge - to beg, to get by begging calipers - metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument calumniate - to slander, present false accusal calumny - slander, aspersion candid - frank, straight-forward canvass - discuss thoroughly; sort of touting capricious- fickle, whimsical, given to

change, unpredictable castigate - to chastise, correct by punishing castigation - severe punishment casual - happening by chance, careless catalyst - substance that causes speeding up caustic - biting, sarcastic censure - expression of blame or disapproval; a rebuke census - official counting of the population centurion - leader of a unit of 100 soldiers chary - cautious, wary chastened- corrected, punished chastisement - punishment chauvinist- a blindly devoted patriot chisel - steel tool for shaping materials churl - bad-tempered person cite - give as an example clamor - shout, complain with a lot of noise cleanse - make pure, thoroughly clean cling to - resist separation clot - half-solid lump formed from liquid cloture - closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting coalescing - coming together and uniting into one substance coax - get smb to do smth by kindness coddle - treat with care and tenderness coerce - compel, to force to make obedient coeval - of the same period, coexisting cogent - strong, convincing cogitate - think deeply, mediate cognition- knowing, awareness (emotionless) cognizant - being fully aware of coherent - sticking together colander - bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water collaborate- work in partnership collusion - secret agreement for a deceitful purpose combustion - process of burning commemorate - keep the memory of commend - praise commendable - worthy of praise commingle - mingle together commuter - person who travels regularly

complacently- with self-satisfaction complaisance - tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please comply - act in accordance compound - mix or combine comprise - be composed of compunction- feeling of regret for one's action conceal - hide, keep secret conceit - over-high opinion of, too much pride conciliatory - reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying concord - agreement or harmony concur- agree in opinion, happen together condense - increase in density, strength, make laconic condone - forgive congeal - make or become stiff and solid conjoin - to join together connoisseur - a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art) connotation - suggestion in addition to consent - give agreement or permission consequential - pompous, self important consolation - consoling or being consoled console- give comfort or sympathy to conspicuous- easily seen; remarkable consternation- surprise and fear, dismay constrict - make tight or smaller consume - get to the end of contemn - to scorn or despise contentious - argumentative, pugnacious, combative, quarrelsome contiguous- touching, neighboring, near contrite - filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing contumacious- insubordinate, rebellious conundrum- a riddle, dilemma, enigma conviction - convincing; firm belief convoke - call together, summon convoluted - complicated; coiled, twisted cord - twisted strands cordial - warm and sincere cordon - line (of police acting as a guard) corporeal - physical; of or for the body

correlate- have a mutual relation corroboration- additional, strengthening evidence countenance - to favor or approve of counterfeit - forgery countervail - counterbalance covert - disguised covetous - eagerly desirous cower - crouch; shrink back craven - cowardly crease - line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket credulity - too great a readiness to believe things credulous - ready to believe things crush - press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm cryptic - secret, with a hidden meaning cumbersome - burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry curmudgeon- bad-tempered person curriculum- course of study cursory - quick, hurried curtail - make shorter then was planned cynic - person who see no good in anything

Word List: D dart - quick movement; missile in darts daunt - intimidate, make fearful dawdler - person who is slow; waste of time dearth - shortage debacle - a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster decorous - polite, decent decorum - propriety, properness decree - order given by authority decry - disapprove of defer - postpone; give way (to show respect) deference - respect deferential - showing respect defiance - open disobedience or resistance deflect - turn aside defy - resist openly degrade - reduce in rank or status delineate - to portray, depict, sketch out

deluge - great flood, heavy rush of water demagogue - person appealing not to reasons demur - to hesitate, raise objections denigrate - blacken, belittle, sully, defame denouement - an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot denounce- give information against dent - hollow, depression mad by a blow deplete - use until none remains deposition - dethronement, depositing deprave - make morally bad; corrupt deprecate - protest against, express disapproval of dereliction - deserting and leaving to fall into ruins derision - ridicule, mockery, deriding derivative - derived, not original or primitive derivative - unoriginal, obtained from another source derogatory- insulting; tending to damage descry - catch sight of, see smth in the distance desiccant- substance used to absorb moisture desiccate - to dry up, dehydrate desuetude - cessation of use; disuse desultory - aimless, haphazard, digressing at random detach - separate deter - discourage, hinder detraction - slandering, verbal attack, aspersion detumescence - diminishing or lessening of swelling deviance - being different in moral standards (from normal) dexterity - skill (esp. in handling) dexterous - clever, skillful with hands diaphanous - transparent, gauzy diatribe - bitter and violent attack in words dictate - order diffidence - shyness diffident - lacking in self-confidence dilate - speak comprehensively, become wider, large dilatory - causing delay, procrastinating disabuse - to undeceive, correct a false impression disallow - refuse to allow or accept as a correct discern - see with an effort but clearly discomfit - confuse, embarrass discomfit - to defeat, put down disconcert - upset the self-possession of discountenance- refuse to approve of discourse- speech, lecture, discredit - refuse to believe disdain - look on with contempt disencumber - free from encumbrance

disheveled - untidy disingenuous - sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, cunning disinter - dig up from the earth dislodge - move, force from the place occupied dismal - sad, gloomy, miserable disparate - essentially different dispassionate - free from passion dissemble - speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind) disseminate- distribute (esp. ideas) dissent - have a different opinion, refuse to assent dissipation - going away, dispersing dissolution - disintegration, looseness in morals distinct - easily heard, seen, understood, clearly marked distorted - pulled out of the usual shape, give a false account of distraught - distracted, violently upset in mind distress - great pain; cause discomfort divergence- getting farther apart from a point diverse - of different kinds divestiture - taking off, getting rid of, giving up divulge - make known smth secret doggerel - trivial, poorly constructed verse dogmatic - positive, certain, arbitrary, without room for discussion dogmatism - being dogmatic dolt - stupid fellow dormant - in a state of inactivity but awaiting development dote - show much fondness, center one's attention drone - male bee, person who isn't self-employed drowsiness - feeling sleepy, half asleep dubious- feeling doubt dud - no use person, smth that fails dulcet - melodious, harmonious dupe- cheat, make a fool of duplicity - deliberate deception duress - threats to compel smb dwarf - person or smb much below the usual size dynamo - a generator, something that produces electric current Link to Index: Word List Word List: E earthenware - dishes made of baked clay ebullience - exuberance, outburst of feeling ebullient - overflowing with enthusiasm; showing excitement ecumenical - representing the whole Christian world edacious - voracious, devouring eddy - circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)

effete - infertile, worn out, weak efficacy - production of a desired result effluvia - outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor effrontery - boldness, impudence, arrogance egress - way out, exit elaborate - worked out with much care in great detail elate - stimulate elation - high-spirits electorate - all the electors elegy - a lament, a melancholy composition elicit - draw out eloquence - fluent speaking; skillful use of language emaciate - make thin and weak embellish - make beautiful embezzle - use in a wrong way for one's own benefit emergence - emerging emote - stir up, excite empirical - relying on experiment encapsulate - enclose in capsule encomium - warm or glowing praise; eulogy, panegyric encumbrance- burden; things that get on the way of endearing- making dear or liked endemic - epidemic endemic - prevailing in a specific area endorse - write one's name on the back of enduring - lasting enervate - weaken, deprive of strength, attenuate engender - cause, produce, give rise to engrave - impress deeply engrossing - taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal engulf - swallow up enigma- smth that is puzzling enmity - hatred; being an enemy enormity- excessive wickedness; evilness enormousness - great size entangle- put into difficulties entreat - ask earnestly enzyme - catalyst epicure - food lover, a connoisseur of food epicurean - devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment) epistle - letter epithet - adjective epitome - brief summary; representative example; a typical model equable - steady, regular equanimity - calmness of temperament equilibrium - state of being balanced

equipoise - equal distribution of weight; equilibrium equivocal - having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious equivocate- try to deceive by equivocal language eradicate - get rid of; pull up by the roots erasure - erasing, removing all traces erode - wear away, eat into erratic - irregular in behavior or opinion erudite - learned, scholarly escalate - increase, develop esoteric - abstruse; intended only for a small circle of espouse - marry; give one's support to eulogy - formal praise; panegyric euphoria - elation; state of pleasant excitement euthanasia - easy and painless death evaluating - finding out the value evaporate- change into vapor, disappear, die evince - to show clearly, to indicate evoke - call up, bring out evolve - unfold, develop naturally and gradually excoriate - to flay, strip off the skin; to denounce sharply excoriation - severe criticism exculpate - free from blame exculpate - to clear from a charge of guilt exert - but forth; bring into use exertion - instance of exerting exhaustive - complete, thorough exigency - emergency, an urgent situation exonerate - free; clear exoneration - set smb clear, free (e.g.. from blame) exorbitant - much too high or great expatiate - to roam, wander freely expedient - likely to be useful for a purpose expiation - ending; expiring exploit - brilliant achievement; develop; use selfishly expostulate - argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest expurgate - to remove obscenity, purify, censor exscind - to cut out, cut away exsert - thrust out, push forth extant - still in existence extensive - far-reaching extenuate - reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially excuse extinct - no longer active extirpate - to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind extol - praise highly extort - obtain by threats, violence extralegal - outside the law

extricable - that can be freed extrovert - cheerful person exuberance - state of growing vigorously; being full of life Word List: F facetious - humorous, funny, jocular facile - easily done facilitate - make easy (e.g.. a process of smth) fallacious - based on error fallacy - false or mistaken belief fatuous - without sense, foolish self-satisfaction faucet - device for controlling the outflow of a liquid fawn - young deer, try to win smb's favor feckless - futile, irresponsible, inefficient feckless - lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless fecund - fertile feint - pretend felicitous - apt; suitably expressed, well chosen, apropos felon - person guilty of murder ferment - substance; become excited ferocity - savage cruelty ferret - discover by searching; search fertile - producing much, full of ideas fertilize - make fertile or productive fervid - intense, zealous fervid - showing earnest feeling fervor - warmth of feelings; earnestness fetter - to shackle, put in chains feud - bitter quarrel over a long period of time fidelity - loyalty, accuracy fidget - move restlessly, make nervous figurehead - carved image on the prow of a ship finesse - delicate way of dealing with a situation finical - too fussy about food, clothing, etc. finicky - finical finite -limited, having bounds fission - splitting or division (esp. of cells) fixate - stare at flamboyant - brightly colored, florid flammable - having tendency to burst into flames flaunting - show off complacently flaw - crack, lessen value flax - pale yellow (hair); a plant fledged - able to fly, trained, experienced fleet - number of ships, quick-moving fleeting - passing quickly

flexibility - easily bent without braking flinch - draw, move back, wince florid - very much ornamented; naturally red (e.g.. of face) floridness - ruddiness; heavily decorated; ornateness flout - reject, mock, to go against (as in going against tradition) fluster - make nervous or confused foible - defect of character (a person is wrongly proud) foil - prevent from carrying out; contrast foment - put smth warm (to lessen the pain) foppish - like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes forbear - refrain from, be patient; ancestor forbearance - patience, willingness to wait ford - shallow place in a river (to cross) forestall - prevent by taking action in advance, preempt forfeit - suffer the loss of smth forge - workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead forgery - counterfeit forswear - renounce, disallow, repudiate fortify - strengthen fortuitous - happening by chance foster - nurture, care for fragile - easily injured, broken or destroyed fragrant - sweet-smelling franchise - special right given by authority frantic - wildly excited with joy, pain, anxiety frenetic - frantic, frenzied fret - worry; irritation; wear away friction - the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of opinion fringe - edge; ornamental border; part of hair over the forehead froward - intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn frugal - careful, economical fulminate - berate, vituperate, to thunder out, to explode fulmination - bitter protest fulsome - disgusting, offensive due to excessiveness gainsay - to deny, declare false, to oppose gambol - quick, playful jumping garment - article of clothing garner - to gather and save; to store up garrulity - talkativeness garrulous - too talkative gaucherie - socially awkward, tactless behavior germane - relevant; pertinent to gist - the point, general sense glean - gather facts in small quantities glib - ready and smooth but not sincere gloat over - look at with selfish delight

glut - supply to much, fill to excess gnaw - waste away; bite steadily goad - smth urging a person to action gossamer - soft, light, delicate material gouge - tool for cutting grooves in wood grace - favor grave - serious, requiring consideration gregarious - living in societies; liking the company grievance - cause for complaint or protest grievous - causing grief or pain; serious, dire, grave grimace - twisted expression of a face grind - crush, polish grooves - long channel in the surface, habitual way of living grovel - crawl, humble oneself guile - deceit, cunning guileless - straight-forward, candid gull - cheat, deceive gullible - easily gulled gust - outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc. Word List: H hack - cut roughly; hired horse hallow - to make holy; consecrate hamper - basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity hapless - unlucky, unfortunate harangue - a long, passionate speech harbinger- smth or smb that foretells the coming of harrow - to distress, create stress or torment harsh - rough, cruel, stern haughty - arrogant; conceited haven - harbor, safety place heed - pay attention; notice heinous - odious (of crime) heresy - belief contrary to what is generally accepted hermetic - sealed by fusion heterogeneous - made up of different kinds hew - make by hard work; cut (by striking) hirsute - hairy, shaggy hoax - mischievous trick played on smb for a joke hoi polloi - the masses; the rabble hollow - not soled, with hole holster - leather case for a pistol hone - stone used for sharpening tools hoodwink - trick, mislead hospitable - liking to give hospitality hubris - arrogant pride

hurdle - light frame, fence to be jumped over husk - worthless outside part of anything hypocrisy - falsely making oneself appear to be good Word List: I iconoclast - person who attacks popular beliefs iconoclastic - attacking cherished beliefs idiosyncrasy - personal mannerism idolatrous - worshipping idols idolatry - excessive admiration of idyll - a carefree episode or experience ignoble - dishonorable, common, undignified ignominious - shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful illicit - unlawful, forbidden illusory - deceptive; an illusion imbroglio - complicated and embarrassing situation immaculate - pure, faultless immerse - absorb; put under the surface of imminent - likely to come or happen soon immutable - that cannot be changed impair - worsen, diminish in value impaired - damaged, weakened impassive - unmoved; feeling no sign of passion impecunious - having little or no money impede - hinder; get in the way of impediment - smth that hinders (e.g. stammer) impending - imminent, being about to happen, expected imperative - urgent, essential imperious - commanding, haughty, arrogant imperviousness- haughty, arrogant, commanding impermeable - that cannot be permeated imperturbable - calm; not capable of being excited impervious - not allowing to pass through (of materials) imperviousness - arrogance, commanding presence, overbearingness impetuous - having sudden energy, impulsive, thrusting ahead, forceful impiety - lack of reverence or dutifulness implacable - incapable of being placated, unpleasable implausibility - incredibility implicate - show that smb has a share implicit - implied though not plainly expressed implosion - collapse; bursting inward imply - make a suggestion importune- beg urgently; solicit (of a prostitute) imprecation - an invocation of evil; a curse impromptu - without preparation impudence - being rash, indiscreet

impudent - rash, indiscreet impugned - challenged, to be doubted impute - to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe inadvertent - not paying proper attention inane - silly, senseless inasmuch - since, because incense - make angry incessant - often repeated, continual inchoate - not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary incise - engrave, make a cut in incite - stir up, rouse inclined - directing the mind in a certain direction incoherently - not consistently, unclearly incongruous- out of place, not in harmony or agreement incorrigibility- cannot be cured or corrected incredulous - skeptical, unwilling to believe inculcate - fix firmly by repetition incumbents - official duties incursion - a raid, a sudden attack indefatigability - not easily exhaustible; tirelessness indelible - that cannot be rubbed out indelicate - immodest; lacking in refinement indigence - poverty indigenous - native indistinct - not easily heard, seen, clearly marked indolence - laziness indomitable - not easily discouraged or subdued indulge - gratify, give way to, satisfy; allow oneself indulgent - inclined to indulge ineffable - to great to be described in words ineluctable - certain, inevitable inept - unskillful; said or done at the wrong time infertile - not fertile, barren inflame- become red, angry inflammatory - tending to inflame infuriate - fill with fury or rage infuse - put, pour, fill ingenuous - naive, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere ingest - take in by swallowing inherent - existing as a natural part inhibit - hinder, restrain inimical - harmful or friendly inimitable - defying imitation, unmatchable innocuous - causing no harm inscrutable - incapable of being discovered or understood insensible - unconscious, unresponsive, unaffected

insinuate - suggest unpleasantly; make a way for smth gently insipid - without taste or flavor insouciant - unconcerned, carefree insularity - narrow-mindedness, isolated insurrection - rising of people to open resistance to interdict - prohibit, forbid interim - as an installment intersperse - place here and there intervene - come between; interfere to change the result intractable - unruly, refractory, stubborn intransigence - unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness, intractability intransigent - uncompromising intrepid - fearless, brave, undaunted introspection- examining one's own thoughts and feelings inundate - flood; cover by overflowing inured - accustomed to, adapted invective - abusive language, curses inveigh - to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate inveterate - deep-rooted. long-established involute - complex irascible - irritable, easily angered irate - angry ire - anger irksome - tiresome irrelevant - not relevant, not connected irresolute - hesitating; undecided irrevocable- final and unalterable itinerary - plan for a journey, details or records of a route itinerate - to travel from place to place, to peregrinate Word List: J jabber - talk excitedly; utter rapidly jeopardize - put in danger jibe - gibe, make fun of jocular - meant as a joke judicious - sound in judgment; wise Word List: L labyrinthine - to entangle the state of affairs lachrymose - causing tears, tearful lackluster - (of eyes) dull laconic - brief, to the point, terse lag - go too slow lament - show, feel great sorrow lassitude - weariness, tiredness latent - present but not yet active, developed or visible

laudatory - expressing or giving praise lavish - giving or producing freely, liberally or generously leakage - the process of leaking legacy - smth handed down from ancestors libel - statement that damages reputation liberality - free giving; generosity libertine - immoral person lien - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid limn - paint, portray limp - lacking strength, walking unevenly lithe - bending, twisting loll - rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue) loquacious - talkative, garrulous lubricant - substance that makes work easier lubricate - put oil to make work easily lubricious - lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery lucubrate - write in scholarly fashion luculent - easily understood, lucid, clear lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad lull - become quiet or less active luminary - star, light-giving body lustrous - being bright, polished Word List: L labyrinthine - to entangle the state of affairs lachrymose - causing tears, tearful lackluster - (of eyes) dull laconic - brief, to the point, terse lag - go too slow lament - show, feel great sorrow lassitude - weariness, tiredness latent - present but not yet active, developed or visible laudatory - expressing or giving praise lavish - giving or producing freely, liberally or generously leakage - the process of leaking legacy - smth handed down from ancestors libel - statement that damages reputation liberality - free giving; generosity libertine - immoral person lien - legal claim until a debt on it is repaid limn - paint, portray limp - lacking strength, walking unevenly lithe - bending, twisting loll - rest, to sit or stand in a lazy way; hang (dog's tongue) loquacious - talkative, garrulous lubricant - substance that makes work easier

lubricate - put oil to make work easily lubricious - lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery lucubrate - write in scholarly fashion luculent - easily understood, lucid, clear lugubrious - mournful, excessively sad lull - become quiet or less active luminary - star, light-giving body lustrous - being bright, polished Word List: M macabre - gruesome, suggesting death machination - plot, scheme (esp. evil) maladroit - tactless, clumsy malapropism - misuse of a word (for one that resembles it) malevolence- wishing to do evil malign - injurious, speak ill of smb, tell lie malinger - to fake illness or injury, in order to shirk a duty malleable - yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting manacle - chains for the hands or feet martial - brave, of associated with war massacre - cruel killing of a large number of people matriculation - be admitted, enter a university as a student mature - come to full development, to a state ready for use maudlin - sentimental in a silly or tearful way maverick - rebel, nonconformist mellifluous - sweetly flowing mendacious- false mendacity - dishonesty mendicant - a beggar mercurial - quick, changeable in character, fleeting meretricious- attractive on the surface but of little value mesmerize - hypnotize meticulous - giving great attention to details mettle - quality of endurance or courage mettlesome - courageous, high-spirited middling - fairly good but not very good minatory - menacing, threatening mince - pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize misanthrope - person who hates mankind mischievous - harmful, causing mischief miser - person who loves wealth and spends little misogynist - one who hates women/females missile - smth that is thrown or shot mitigate - make less severe or painful moderation - quality of being limited, not extreme mollify - make calmer or quieter

molt - moult, lose hair, feathers before new growing morbid - diseased, unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas) morose - ill-tempered, unsocial mortuary - place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial multifarious - varied, motley, greatly diversified mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, everyday myriad - very great number Word List: N nadir - lowest, weakest point nascent - coming into existence, emerging nebulous - cloud-like; hazy; vague; indistinct negligent - taking too little care neophyte - person who has been converted to a belief nexus - a connection, tie, or link nibble - show some inclination to accept (an offer) nice - precise, sensitive to subtleness noisome - offensive, disgusting (smell) nonchalant - not having interest nonplused - greatly surprised nostrum - a quack remedy, an untested cure notion - nominal, token noxious - harmful nullify - make void and null numb - without ability to feel or move numbness - without ability to move a finger Word List: O obdurate - hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, inflexible obfuscate - to darken, make obscure, muddle oblivious - unaware, having no memory obloquy - abusively detractive language, sharp criticism, vituperation obsequious - too eager to obey or serve obsolete - no longer used obstreperous - noisy, loud obtain - to be established, accepted, or customary obtrusive - projecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable obviate - to make unnecessary, get rid of occluded - blocked up occult - hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension odious - repulsive, hateful odium - contempt, dislike, aversion odor - smell; favor; reputation officious - too eager or ready to help, offer advice onerous- needing effort, burdensome opprobrious - showing scorn or reproach

ossify - to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea ostensible- seeming, appearing as such, professed ostentation - display to obtain admiration or envy ostentatious - fond of showing ostentation ostracism - shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk ostrich - fast-running bird unable to fly outset - start overhaul- examine thoroughly to learn about the condition overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk overwhelm - weigh down, submerge Word List: P paean - song of praise or triumph palate - roof of the mouth; sense of taste palatial - magnificent palliate - lessen the severity of palliate - to make something appear less serious, to alleviate, to gloss over palpability - can be felt, touched, understood palpitate - tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly panegyric - formal praise, eulogy paradigm - a model, example, or pattern parenthesis - sentence within another one, smth separated pariah - an outcast, a rejected and despised person parsimonious - too economical, miserly partisan - one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced patron - regular customer; person who gives support paucity - scarcity, a lacking of peccadillo- small sin; small weakness in one's character pedantic- bookish, showing off learning pedestrian - commonplace, trite, unremarkable pellucid - transparent, easy to understand penchant - strong inclination, a liking penitent - feeling or showing regret penury - extreme poverty peregrination - traveling about, wandering peremptory- urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate perennial - lasting for a long time (e.g.. a year) perfidious - treacherous, faithless perfidy - treachery; breaking of faith perfunctory- done as a duty without care perilous - dangerous peripatetic - wandering perish - be destroyed; decay perjury - willful false statement, unlawful act permeate - spread into every part of pernicious - harmful, injurious

perpetrate - be guilty; commit (a crime) persevere - keep on steadily, continue personable - pleasing in appearance, attractive perspicacity - quick judging and understanding pertain - belong as a part, have reference pest - destructive thing or a person who is nuisance petrified - taken away power (to think, feel, act) petrify - to make hard, rocklike petrous - like a rock, hard, stony petulant - unreasonably impatient philistine - a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge phlegmatic - calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers pied - of mixed colors pinch - be too tight, take between the thumb and finger pious - dutiful to parents; devoted to religion piquant - agreeably pungent, stimulating pique - hurt the pride or self-respect, stir (curiosity) pitfall - covered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger pith - essential part, force, soft liquid substance pivotal - of great importance (others depend on it) placate - soothe, pacify, calm plaintive - mournful, melancholy, sorrowful plaque - flat metal on a wall as a memorial platitude - a trite or banal statement; unoriginality plea - request plead - address a court of law as an advocate plethora - glut pliant - pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted plod - continue doing smth without resting pluck - pull the feathers off, pick (e.g.. flowers) plumb - get to the root of plummet - fall, plunge, steeply plunge - move quickly, suddenly and with force poignant - deeply moving; keen poise - be ready, be balanced, self-possession polemical - controversial, argued ponderous - heavy, bulky, dull portent - omen; marvelous; threatening poseur - someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony posture - state, attitude; adopt a vain poverty - state of being poor pragmatic - practical, favoring utility precarious - uncertain, risky, dangerous precept - moral instruction precepts- rules establishing standards of conduct

precipitate - throw smth violently down from a height preclude - prevent, make impossible precursory - preliminary, anticipating predilection- special liking, mental preference predominate - have more power than others preempt - obtain by preemption or in advance premature - doing or happening smth before the right time preponderance - greatness in number, strength, weight presage - warning sign preternatural - not normal or usual prevalent - common prevaricate - to equivocate, to stray from the truth prim - neat; formal pristine - primitive, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times, unadulterated probity - uprightness, incorruptibility, principle proclivity- inclination procrastination- keeping on putting off prodigal - wasteful, reckless with money prodigious - enormous, wonderful profane - worldly, having contempt for God profligate - wasteful, prodigal, licentious, extravagant profundity - depth proliferate - grow, reproduce by rapid multification prolix - tiring because too long prone - prostrate; inclined to (undesirable things) propagation - increasing the number, spreading, extending propinquity - nearness in time or place, affinity of nature propitiate - do smth to take away the anger of propitiatory - conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating propitious - auspicious, presenting favorable circumstances prosaic - everyday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian proscribe - denounce as dangerous protracted - prolonged provident - frugal; looking to the future provisional - of the present time only provoke - make angry; vax prudence - careful forethought prudish - easily shocked, excessively modest prune - dried plum, silly person pry - get smth; inquire too curiously pugnacious - fond of, in the habit of fighting punch - strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes; alc. drink punctilious - precise, paying attention to trivialities pundit - pedant, authority on a subject pungency - sharpness; stinging quality purvey - provide, supply

pusillanimous - cowardly, craven pyre - large pile of wood for burning Word List: Q quack - person dishonestly claiming to smth quaff - drink deeply quail - lose courage, turn frightened qualm - feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness quell - suppress, subdue quibble - try to avoid by sophistication quiescent - at rest, dormant, torpid quirk - habit or action peculiar to smb or smth quixotic - generous, unselfish quotidian - banal; everyday Word List: R rabble- mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace raconteur- person who tells anecdotes radiant - bright, shining raffish - low, vulgar, base, tawdry rail at - find fault, utter reproaches ramify - to be divided or subdivided; to branch out rancorous - feeling bitterness, spitefulness rant - use extravagant language rapacious - greedy (esp for money) rarefy - to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine reactionary - opposing progress rebuff - snub recalcitrant - disobedient recant - take back as being false; give up recast - cast or fashion anew recidivism - relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior reciprocity- granting of privileges in return for similar recitals - a number of, performance of music recluse - person who lives alone and avoids people recompense - make payment to; reward, punish reconcile - settle a quarrel; restore peace recondite - little known; abstruse recourse - smth turned to for help recreancy - cowardice, a cowardly giving up recuperate - become strong after illness, loss, exhaustion redeem - get back by payment; compensate redemptive - serving to redeem redoubtable - formidable, causing fear refine - make or become pure, cultural refractory - stubborn, unmanageable, untractable

refulgent - shining, brilliant regale - to delight or entertain; to feast regicide - crime of killing a king reiterate - say or do again several times rejuvenation - becoming young in nature or appearance relapse - fall back again relinquish - give up reluctant - unwilling or disinclined remonstrate - to protest, object render - deliver, provide, represent renovate - restore smth to better condition renowned - celebrated, famous rent - regular payment for the use of smth, division or split repast - meal repine at - be discontented with reproach - scold, upbraid reprobate - person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency repudiate - disown, refuse to accept or pay repulsive - causing a feeling of disgust requite - repay, give in return resigned - unresisting, submissive resilience - quality of quickly recovering the original shape resolve - determine resort to - frequently visit restive - refusing to move; reluctant to be controlled resurrect - bring back into use resuscitation - coming back to consciousness retard - check, hinder reticent - reserved, untalkative, silent, taciturn revere - have deep respect for rift - split, crack, dissension rivet - fix, take up, secure; metal pin roll call - calling of names rope - thick strong cord made by twisting rotund - rich and deep; plump and round rubric - heading, title, or category ruffian - violent, cruel man Word List: S sagacious- having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage salacious - obscene salient - prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant salubrious - healthful salutary - remedial, wholesome, causing

improvement sanctimony - self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety sanction - approval (by authority); penalty sanguine - cheerful, confident, optimistic sanity - health of mind; soundness of judgement sap - weaken sate - satiate satiate - satisfy fully saturnine - gloomy, dark, sullen, morose savant - person of great learning savor - taste, flavor smth sawdust - tiny bits of wood scabbard- sheath for the blade scent - smell (esp pleasant) scribble - write hastily scurvy - mean, contemptible seal - piece of wax, lead, etc stamped on the document secular - material (not spiritual); living outside monasteries sedulous - persevering seminal - like a seed; constituting a source, originative sententious - short and pithy, full of maxims/proverbs sequence - succession, connected line of serrated - having a toothed edge serration - having a toothed edge servile - like a slave, lacking independence severance - severing shaft - arrow or spear, smth long and narrow shallow - little depth; not earnest shard piece of broken earthenware sheath - cover for the blade of a weapon or a tool shove - push shrewd - astute; showing sound judgement shrill - sharp, piercing shun - keep away from; avoid shunt - send from one track to another; lay aside; evade discussion sidestep - step to one side sinuous - winding, undulating, serpentine

skiff - small boat skit - short piece of humorous writing slack - sluggish; dull; not tight slake - to assuage, to satisfy, allay slate - king of blue-grey stone; propose; criticize sluggard - lazy, slow-moving person soar - rise, fly high sober - self-controlled sobriety - quality or condition of being sober sodden - soaked, saturated soggy - heavy with water solvent- of the power of forming a solution somatic - of the body soot - black powder in smoke sophisticated - complex, subtle, refined sophistry - fallacious reasoning, faulty logic sophomoric - self-assured though immature, affected, bombastic, overblown sordid - wretched, comfortless, contemptible spear - weapon with a metal point on a long shaft specious - illogical, of questionable truth or merit splenetic - bad-tempered, irritable splice - join (two ends) sponge - porous rubber for washing; live at once expense spurious - false, counterfeit spurn - have nothing to do; reject or refuse squalid - foul, filthy squander - spend wastefully stanch - to stop the flow of a fluid steeply - rising or falling sharply stentorian - extremely loud and powerful stickler - person who insists on importance of smth stigma - mark of shame or disgrace stigmatize- describe smb scornfully sting - smth sharp stingy - spending, using unwillingly stint - to be thrifty, to set limits stipulate - state or put forward as a necessary condition

stolid - showing no emotion; impassive strands - smth twisted together into a rope, line of development stray - wander, lose one's way streak - long, thin; move very fast striated - striped, grooved, or banded stride - walk with long steps strut - a supporting bar stygian - hence, dark, gloomy stymie - to hinder, obstruct, or block subdue - overcome, bring under control sublime - extreme; astounding submerge - put under water, liquid, sink out of sight suborn - induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury subpoena - written order requiring a person to appear in a low court subsume - include under a rule succor - assistance, relief in time of distress suffice - be enough sullied - to be stained or discredited summarily - briefly; without delay sumptuous - magnificent sundry - various, miscellaneous, separate supercilious - disdainful; characterized by haughty scorn superfluous - more then is needed or wanted superimpose- put smth on the top supersede - take the place of supine - lying on the back; slow to act, passive suppliant - asking humbly, beseeching supplicate - make a humble petition to suppress - prevent from being known; put an end to surfeit - satiate, feed to fulness or to excess susceptibility - sensitiveness sustain - keep from falling; maintain; suffer; give a decision sycophant - person who flatter to the rich and powerful synopsis - summary or outline Word List: T

taciturn - untalkative, silent talon - claw of a bird of prey tamp - tap or drive down by repeated light blows tamper - interfere with tangential - suddenly changeable tarnished - lost brightness taunt - contemptuous reproach, hurtful remark taut - tightly stretched tautology - a repetition, a redundancy tawdry - cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky tease - annoy; puzzling question tedious - tiresome teetotal - oppose to alcohol temerity - boldness, brashness, intrepidness temperance - abstinence from alcohol, self-control, moderation temperate - showing self-control tenacity - firmness, persistency, adhesiveness, tending to hang on tenuous - insubstantial, flimsy, weak terse - brief and to the point thrift - care, economy, thriving, prosperous timid - shy, easily frightened timorous - fearful, timid, afraid tolerable - fairly good tonic - smth giving strength or energy topple - be unsteady and overturn torment - severe pain or suffering torpid - sleeping, sluggish, lethargic, dormant tortuous - full of twists and bends tout - person who worries others to buy smth, to use his service touting - act as tout toy - think not seriously, handle absent-mindedly tractable - easily controlled or guided transgress - break, go beyond (a limit) transient - temporary, fleeting transitory - brief trenchant - forceful, effective, vigorous; extremely perceptive, incisive trend - tendency, general direction trepidation - alarm, excited state of mind trifling - unimportant trite - not new truculence - aggressiveness, ferocity trudge - walk heavily turbid - muddy, having the sediment stirred up turbulence - being uncontrolled, violent turgid - excessively ornate; swollen or bloated turmoil - trouble, disturbance

turpitude - wickedness, shamefulness tyro - tiro, beginner ulterior - situated beyond umbrage - offense, resentment uncouth - rough, awkward underbid - make a lower bid then smb else undermine - weaken gradually, at the base, make smth under undulate - to move in wavelike fashion, fluctuate unencumbered - easy-going, trifle unfeigned- not pretended, sincere unscathed - unharmed, unhurt untoward - unfortunate, inconvenient upbraid - scold, reproach urbane - elegant, refined in manners vacillation - being uncertain, hesitating vagary - strange act or idea vain - without use, result; conceited valiant - brave valorous - brave vanquish - conquer vapor - stim, mist veer - change direction venal - ready to do smth dishonest veneer - surface appearance covering the true nature veneration - regard with deep respect veracity - truth verisimilitude- appearing true or real veritable - real, rightly named verve - spirit, vigor, enthusiasm vex - annoy, distress, trouble vigilance - watchfulness, self-appointed group who maintain order vigilant - member of a vigilance committee vigorous - strong, energetic vilify - slander, say evil things vindictive - having a desire to revenge virago - a loud, domineering woman; a scold or nag visceral - of the internal organs of the body vitiate - lower the quality; weaken the strength vituperate- curse, abuse in words vivacious - lively, high-spirited volatile - changeable, inconstant, fickle, unstable, explosive volubility - fluency, verbosity, easy use of spoken language voluble - fluent voluminous - occupying much space Word List: W

waft - scent, waving movement; carry lightly through wag - merry person wage - payment, carry on, engage in (war) warmonger- person who stirs up war warp - become bent warrant - authority, written order, guarantee wary - cautious weave - make (threads) into cloth weigh - measure hoe heavy smth is welter - turmoil; a bewildering jumble wend - to go, proceed whimsical - full of odd and fanciful ideas wince - show bodily or mental pain woo - try to win

Quantifiers: a bit a couple a few a good deal a good many a great deal a great many a little a little bit a majority a minority a number a quantity all an amount another any any both certain each either enough enough few fewer heaps less less

little little loads lots many masses more more most much much neither none numbers part plenty quantities several some the majority the remainder the rest the whole tons various 0%, 10%, 50%, 100%, etc. , , etc. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. one, two, three, four, etc. one half, one third, one fourth, one quarter, one fifth, etc. .No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Base form arise be bear beat become begin bend bet bind bite bleed blow break breed bring Past tense arose was, were bore beat became began bent bet bound bit bled blew broke bred brought Past participle arisen been borne/born beaten become begun bent bet bound bitten bled blown broken bred brought

16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54.

build burst buy cast catch choose cling come cost creep cut deal dig do draw drink drive eat fall feed feel fight find fit flee fling fly forbid forget forgive freeze get give go grow have hear hide hit

built burst bought cast caught chose clung came cost crept cut dealt dug did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found fit fled flung flew forbade forgot forgave froze got gave went grew had heard hid hit

built burst bought cast caught chosen clung come cost crept cut dealt dug done drawn drunk driven eaten fallen fed felt fought found fit fled flung flown forbidden forgotten forgiven frozen gotten given gone grown had heard hidden hit

55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93.

hold hurt keep know lay lead leave lend let lie lose make mean meet pay prove put quit read ride ring rise run saw say see sell send sew shed shine shoot show shrink shut sing sink sit sleep

held hurt kept knew laid lead left lent let lay lost made meant met paid proved put quit read rode rang rose ran sawed said saw sold sent sewed shed shone shot showed shrank shut sang sank sat slept

held hurt kept known laid lead left lent let lain lost made meant met paid proved, proven put quit read ridden rung risen run sawed, sawn said seen sold sent sewn shed shone shot shown shrunk shut sung sunk seated, sat slept

94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107.

sow speak spend spin spread spring stand steal stick sting strike swear sweep swim

sowed spoke spent spun spread sprang stood stole stuck stung struck swore swept swam

sown spoken spent spun spread sprung stood stolen stuck stung struck sworn swept swum

Prepositions: i aboard i about i above i absent i according to i across i after i against i ahead of i all over i along i alongside i amid or amidst i among i around i as i as of i as to i aside i astride i at i away from i bar i barring i because of i before i behind i below i beneath i beside

i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

besides between beyond but by by the time of circa close by close to concerning considering despite down due to during except except for excepting excluding failing for from in in between in front of in spite of in view of including inside instead of into less like minus near near to next to notwithstanding of off on on top of onto opposite out out of outside over past pending per plus

i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

regarding respecting round save saving similar to since than through throughout till to toward or towards under underneath unlike until unto up upon versus via wanting while with without within
Hot wet Hate Answer Awake Back Sorrow Cease Lose Enemy Alive Idle Sour dull FALSE Finish beautiful far cruel full never curse Live Long Like Gay Rejoice Pleasant Success Harmony Blessing Generous Velour Bravery Advance Arrive Before Appear Everywhere Earth Hill Mountain Right Public Die Short Dislike Grave Mourn Disagreeable Failure Discord Curse Mean Cowardice Cowardice Retreat Depart After Vanish Nowhere Sea Valley Plain Left Private Lead Land Bow Stationary Dynamic centrifugal oriental miser sober spacious future abundance common simply ally teach natural polite summit apex cloudy dawn follow water stern moving static centripetal occidental spendthrift intoxicated limited past scarcity rare complex enemy learn artificial saucy base base clear duck employ liberty think work worker familiar freedom barren sacred virtue wisdom polite proper Attack bashful inhale expand victor antecedent eager order certain dismiss slavery guess rest drone strange captivity fruitful profane vice folly rude common Defend bold exhale contract vanquished consequent reluctant chaos doubt

Cold Dry Love Question Asleep Front Joy Begin Find Friend Dead Busy Sweet Bright True Start Ugly Near Kind Empty Ever Bless

Adult North Absent Poor Right Win Peace Rough Coarse Top Buy Life Proud Easy Cheap Inside Give Hit Wide Loud Clean Weep Collect Youth Modern Former Least Slender East High Upper Higher Better Entrance Active Noise Quiet Inner Lend Go Hard Old Junior

child south present rich wrong lose war smooth fine bottom sell death humble difficult dear outside take miss narrow soft dirty laugh disperse age ancient latter greatest stout west low lower lower worse exit passive silence noisy outer borrow come soft new senior

Acute Lazy Master Arrive Remember Appoint Knowledge Placid Raw Help Accept Robust Good Big Clever Here first early fat join light Day Many All often fresh straight Weak Deep Open Black praise This These Morning Summer Young Giant Wild Gain Happy Daily Health

Obtuse Industrious Servant Depart Forget Dismiss Ignorance ruddy cooked hinder refuse feeble bad small stupid there last late thin separate dark night few none seldom stale crooked strong shallow close white blame that those evening winter old dwarf tam loss sad nightly sickness

ascend vacant hope interior permanent obey negative conceal hide singular foreign smile multiply wax prosperity victory superior level liquid pardon complainant debtor rural emigrant optimist sincere numerous transparent pedestrian powerful guilty heaven heroic ancestor assemble condemn slim minimum arrival reward economy increase majority

descend occupied despair exterior temporary command positive reveal show plural native frown divide wane adversity defeat inferior steep solid punish defendant creditor urban immigrant pessimist insincere sparse opaque passenger feeble innocent hell base progeny disperse exonerate stout maximum departure punishment extravagance decrease minority

venial rigid novice industry accelerate benevolent compulsory analysis surplus prosperous consent include transverse attract amateur confine orthodox pure lovely graceful pugnacious hostile gentile monotony survive prospective premature caution force colleague prudence motionless accurate Indigenous Apprehend Gaiety Solitary Sparse Predecessor Confusion Pleasure Convict Engage

unpardonable flexible veteran sloth retard malevolent voluntary synthesis deficit indigent dissent exclude longitudinal distract professional release heterodox adulterated repulsive hideous peaceful friendly Jew variety succumb retrospective overdue recklessness compel antagonist indiscretion agitated inaccurate Exotic Release Melancholy Populous Populated Successor Orderliness Pain Acquit Dismiss

Adandon desert, forsake, leave Abbreviate curtail, abridge, compress Abundant ample, copious, plentiful

fate fault fear

lot, destiny, end error, flaw, defect terror, dread

Adore worship, idolize Alive lively, vivacious Ally colleague, helper, partner Frank candid, open Alms offertory, dole, gratuity Amend improve, ameliorate Anxiety misgiving, foreboding, solicitude Assent consent, acquiesce, agree Beautify adorn, decorate Beg implore, solicit, beseech Big huge, great, large Blame censure, upbraid, reprove. Blessing benediction, benison Brave courageous, fearless, daring. Bright clear, intelligent, lustrous Brittle frail, fragile Disaster misfortune, calamity, adversity Busy lively, alert, nimble Map plan, outline, chart Candid frank, open, outspoken Catch seize, arrest, appreshend Cause reason, purpose, motive Charity benevolence, philanthrop Choose select, discriminate, differentiate Clever ingenious, versatile, precocious Clothes attire, dress, garb, Confess admit, own, acknowledge, Constant incessant, eternal, perpetual Cross fretful, crusty, ill-humoured Cruelty oppression, tyranny, persecution Dangerous perlous, risky, hazardous Dear expensive, costly Decrease contract, lessen, curtail Difficult hard, involved, intricate Malice spite, hate, rapacity

fearful timid, cowardly, nervous fight battle, contest, combat float glide, drift, slip Fond affectionate, loving Friend comrade, companion frugal thrifty, sparing, economical Fruitful fertile, fecund, prolific game pastime, sport, fun general universal, common genuine pure, real habit custom, way, usage Hateful detestable, execrable Help aid, support, assist High tall, lofty, elaborate hinder thwart, impede, obstruct Home abode, dwelling, residence Obedient meek, servile, respectful Infinite endless, limitless, boundless Discourse lecture, sermon, exhortation Care anxiery, solicitude Invasion raid, attack Invoke call, summon Kind thoughtful, good, affectionate Lazy slothful, idle, inert Lure coax, entice, seduce Oblation gift, offering Character reputation, Marry gay, jolly, jocund Mistake blunder, fault, error Motive reason, purpose Narrate tell, say, report Necessary needful, requisite, essential Necessity want, need Obey yield, submit

Above all (chiefly, mainly) On Account of (due to, for the reason) On no account (not for any reason) Above board (honest, beyond reproach) To give a good account of oneself (to act with credit to oneself) A fidus Achates (a faithful friend) The heel of Achilles (a week point) An Adonis (a very handsome man) To build castles in the air (To day dream) To assume airs (to affect superiority) To air ones opinions (to give vent to ones feeling in public) To stand aloof (To keep to oneself and not mix with others) To lead to the altar (to marry) An Amazon (a warlike masculine woman) An Ananias (a liar) An Apollo (a man with perfect physique) The apple of discord (cause of quarrel) To upset the apple cart (to disturb the peace) Apple pie order (in perfect order) Arcadian life (a blissful ,happy , rural and simple life) To keep a person at an arms length (to avoid and keep distance from a person) To take up arms ( to fight , to go to war) To have an axe to grind ( to have some selfish objective in view) Not to know a B from a bulls foot ( to be ignorant of even the simplest things) A Babel (a confused noise) To break the back of any thing(to perform the most difficult part of it) To get ones back up (to rouse ones anger) To backbite a person (to slander or speak ill of someone) He has no backbone (he has no will of his own) To cause bad blood (to cause enmity) Bag and baggage (with all ones belongings) To keep the ball rolling ( to keep things going0 Baptism of fire ( a soldiers first experience of actual war) To call to the bar (to admit as a barrister) Barmecides feast ( imaginary benefits) To beat about the bush (to approach a matter in an indirect and round about manner) To be dead beat (worn out by fatigue) Bed and board (lodging and food ) As you make your bed, so must lie on it (you will have to bear the consequences of your crimes or your own mistakes or misdeeds) To take to ones bed (to have to be confined to bed as a result of sickness) Bee- line (the shortest distance between two places) To go a begging (to be sold very cheaply because no one cares to buy) Behind ones back (without ones Knowledge) Behind the scenes (in private, out of sight) To bell the cat (to undertake a dangerous task and the enemy is common)

 To hit below the belt (to act unfairly in a contest) His better half (a mans wife) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (certainty is better then possibility) An old bird is not to be caught with chaff (experienced people are not easily fooled or deceived) To take the bit between ones teeth (to get out of control) To bite the dust (to be defeated in battle) The biter bit (to cheat the cheater) His bark was worse than his bite (he usually makes a lot of vain verbal threats) A wet Blanket (a person who is a discourage) In cold Blood (deliberately) Blood is thicker than water (One usually takes the side of ones relation against another who is not ones own blood) To blow hot and cold (to do one think at one time and the opposite soon after) A blue stocking (a learned woman) Once in a blue moon (a very rare occurrence) Blue ribbon (the highest prize in any sport competition) At first Blush (at first sight) In the same boat (in the same misfortune or circumstances) A bolt from the blue (a sudden ) A bone of contention (a cause of dispute) A Book-worm (a person always poring over books) By leaps and bounds (with remarkable speed) Breach of promise (failure to keep a promise to marry one of whom you are betrothed) Ones bread and butter (ones means of livelihood) His bread is well butter (he is in fortunate circumstance) The bread winner (one who provides the means of livelihood for himself and his family) To Break in (to tame, to control in a gentle manner) To break the news (to reveal something pleasant in a gentle manner) To break the ice (to be the first to begin) To breadth ones last (to die) To breadth freely again (to be no longer in a fear or anxiety) To make bricks without straw (to attempt to do something without proper materials or due preparations) Never cross the Bridge until you come to it (dont anticipate difficulties It is an broad as it is long (it is the same whichever way you view it) To brow beat (to bully) To kick the bucket (to die) John bull (an Englishman) To burry the hatchet (to forget past quarrels and be friends again) Good wine needs no bush (there is no need to advertise something good) To raise cain (to rebuke severely) To take the cake (to take the first prize) To burn the candle at both ends (to expend energy in two directions at the same time) If the cap fits, wear it (if you think the remarks refer to you) Capitan punishment (the death sentence or penalty)

 To put the cart before the horse (to do first what ought to be done afterwards) To let the cat out of the bag (to expose the trick) To fight like cats and dog (to be always quarrelling and fighting) Care killed the cat (dont fret and worry yourself to death) See which way the cat jumps (sit on fence) To rain cats and dogs (to rain incessantly) He is a cats paw (one used as a to something dangerous) To Catch ones eye (to attract attention) To take the chair (to preside a meeting) She is no chicken (she is older than she says) Chicken hearted (weak, timid) Dont count your chickens before they are hatched (dont calculate your gains before they are realized) A chip of the old block (a son resembling his father in face disposition, habits etc.) Hobsons choice (no alterative) To pick and choose (to make a careful selection) Every cloud has a silver lining (adverse conditions do not last for ever) To square the circle (to attempt something impossible) Close fisted (mean) To have ones head in the cloud (to live in dreamland) To carry coals to New castle (to do any thing superfluous) Cut your cloth according to your cloth (live within your income) A cock and bull story (a foolishly incredible story) To be cock sure (to be absolutely certain) To throw cold water upon anything (to discourage effort) Off color (not in the usual form) To came off with flying color (to succeed brilliantly) To commit to memory (to learn by heart) Too many cooks spoil the broth (when there are more worpkers than necessary) To send to Coventry (to boycott) An admirable Crichton (a very talented person) Crocodile tears (hypocritical tears) By hook or by crook (by fair or foul means) As the crow flies (in a direct line) To take up the cudgels (to champion or flight for someone) To curry favour (to seek favour by flattery) Cut and dried (ready made) To cut a dash (to make an impression) To be at daggers drawn (to be deadly enemies) A dare-devil (a fearless, reckless man) Up to date (recent, modern) Out of date (obsolete) Evil days (a period of misfortune) Halcyon days (A time when there is peace and happiness in the land) To step into dead mans shoes (to come into an inheritance) To give the devil his due (give a person credit for his good qualities however worthless he

may be) Go to the devil (be off) Devils playthings (playing cards) Devils bones (dice) To be between the devil and the deep sea (to be faced with two dangerous situations, each of which is to be dreaded as much as the other) To be on the horns of dilemma (to in such a position that it is difficult to decide what to do) Give a dog a bad name and hang him (once a person loses his reputation) To be a dog in the manger (to prevent others from using what one cant use oneself ) Every dog has his day (sooner or later, every one has his share of good fortune) To be in the doldrums (to be in low spirits, to be out of spirits) Ups and downs (varying fortunes; changes and chances of life) To throw dust in ones eyes (to try to deceive some one ) Dutch courage (bravery induced by alcoholic liquors) Eagle eye (quick to discover; very discerning ) A bad egg (a worthless person) Dont put your eggs in one basket (Dont stake all your money on a single industry) A white elephant (a useless possession which is extremely expensive to keep ) At the eleventh hour (at the last moment) To make both ends meet (to keep expenses within ones income) An eye for an eye(tit for tat to return evil for evil ;retaliate Bad faith (dishonest intentions) A breach of faith (to act contrary to what one had professed) To fall out (to quarrel) To fall through (fail) Birds of a feather flock together (people of similar tastes and dis- positions crave each others company) To set the Thames on fire (to do something sensational or remarkable) A burnt child dreads the fire (one who has had a previous unpleasant experience is always scared of situations where such experience are likely to be repeated) A fish out of water (anyone in an awkward) Other fish to fry (more important business to attend to) By fits and starts (spasmodically) Foul play (cheating) To jump from a frying pan into fire (to come out of one trouble and get into a worse) To gain ground (to make progress in any undertaking) To play to the gallery (to endeavour to gain cheap popularity) To give up the ghost (to die) Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones (people who do not live blameless lives should not find fault with others) All that glitters is not gold (things are not always as attractive as they appears) A good for nothing (a worth less person) A good Samaritan (a friend in need) A wild goose chase (a vain attempt) To kill the goose that laid the golden egg (to lose a valuable source of income though

greed) To cut a Gordian knot (to solve a difficult problem by adopting bold and drastic measures) From hand to hand (from one person to another) Hard and fast rules (strict rules) Hard to hearing (almost deaf ) Back in harness (to resume work after a holiday) To die in harness (to continue at ones occupation until death) More haste less speed (work done hurriedly is apt to be badly done) Make hay while the sun shines (take advantage of all opportunities) To be in hot water (to be in trouble or difficulty) To eat an humble pie (to submit oneself to humiliation and insult) To kiss the book (to take an oath in a produce or commodities) To kiss the dust (to be defeated in battle) A laconic speech (a concise) To look to ones laurels (to take care not to lose ones place) To win laurels (to gain distinction or glory in s contest) To smell of the lamp (to show signs of strenuous preparation for an examination or a speech etc) Look before you leap (think before action) To stand on ones own legs (to depend entirely on ones own resources) To give the lie to (to prove to be false) To bring to light (to reveal) A Lilliputian (a pygmy) The lions share (the largest part) Lock, stock and barrel (the whole of everything) A Martinet (a very strict disciplinarian) A miss is as good as a mile (comes nowhere near it) To move heaven and earth (to exert all efforts) To hit the nail on the head (to mention the true facts of a case) A stitch in time saves nine (If we give our attention to the little details of life) In a nutshell (Summed up in a few words) Out of temper (angry) To pick to pieces (to analyses critically) The proof of the pudding is in eating (people are judged by their actions) To put down a person (to degrade or humiliate a person) To make a silk purse out of a sows ear (to attempt to accomplish great things with inferior materials) Pyrrhic victory (a victory that is as costly as defeat) To be like a drowned rat (to be soaking wet) Red flag (the symbol of revolution) To be caught red-handed (to be caught in the very act of committing a crime) Red letter-day (a memorable day) Red tape (a team used to describe the delay in attending to matters in government department because the official routine and formality) Rome was not built in a day (it takes time to accomplish anything really worthwhile) To be between Scylla and Charybdis (to be faced with two dangerous alternatives)

 To see daylight (to begin to understand) A close shave (a narrow escape) A skeleton in the cupboard / the family skeleton (a dreadful domestic secret) By the skin of the teeth (very narrowly) A snake in the grass (an enemy who strikes under cover) A Spartan life (a life of extreme self discipline) To call a spade a spade (to be brutally frank) A rolling stone gathers no moss (unstable people never achieve anything worthwhile) One swallow does not make a summer (it is unreliable to base ones conclusions on only a single test or incident) Empty vessels make the most noise (those who know or have little knowledge often shout the loudest) If wishes were horses, beggars might ride (if all peoples wishes came true every body would be rich) A nine days wonder (an event which relates a sensation for a time but is soon forgotten) Yellow press (newspapers which publish sensational and unscrupulous stories about crime, sex etc.)

A bad beginnings makes a bed ending. A bad excuse is better than none at all. A bad husband cannot be a good man. A beggar can never be bankrupt. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A burnt child dreads fire. A cat may look at a king. A cheerful look makes a dish a feast. A cheerful wife is the joy of life. A clear conscience is a coat of mail. A drowning man will catch at a straw. A drunkards purse is a bottle. A fault confessed is half redressed. A fool and his money are soon parted. A fool may give a wise man counsel. A fool may make money, but it takes a wise man to spend it. A friend in need a friend indeed. A friend is easier lost than found. A friends frown is better than a fools smile. A full purse makes the mouth to speak A good dog deserves A good bone. A good husband makes a good wife. A good man is better than riches. A good name is sooner lost than won. A great talker is a great liar. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. A wise man changes his mind sometimes, a fool never.

A wonder lasts nine days. A word to the wise is enough. Absence makes the heart grow founder. Action speaks louder than words. Advice when most needed is least heeded. After a storm comes a calm. All covet, all lose. All that glitters is not gold. All work and not play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. A rolling stone gather no moss. A rose between two thorns. A short cut is often a wrong cut. A switch in time saves nine. A thing begun is half done. Alls fair in love and war. Alls fish that comes to his net. Alls well that ends well. Among the blind the one eyed man is king A miss is as good as a mile. A penny for your thoughts. A pound of the care wont pay an ounce of debt. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. A man is as old as he feels. A mans house is his castle. An army marches on its stomach. An empty bag will not stand upright A hungry man is an angry man. An idle brain is the devils workshop. A man in debt is caught in a net. A heavy purse makes a light heart. An old bird is not to be caught with chaff